From b1688ac7ddf56c2bc392bf7d96d13d11b050fb2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fretuks <frederik@spirgi.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:40:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] update default model to `qwen3:14b` across routes, services,
 and frontend components

---
 README.md                   | 2 ++
 public/script.js            | 2 +-
 src/routes/chats.js         | 6 +++---
 src/routes/personas.js      | 4 ++--
 src/services/chatService.js | 4 ++--
 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e26121..3c771e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ The server is configured around an Ollama-compatible API surface:
 - `POST /chat`: accepts `{ model, messages, stream: true }` and returns newline-delimited JSON stream chunks with `message.content`.
 - `GET /tags`: returns the available model list.
 
+`qwen3:14b` is the default model for chat and roleplay. The model selector loads available models from `/tags` and selects `qwen3:14b` when available (otherwise the first returned model). Existing chats retain their saved model selection.
+
 The refactor adds explicit upstream timeout handling, cached model listing, and `GET /health` for degraded-state visibility.
 
 ## Schema Notes
diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 34705af..9fe6260 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ async function displayModels() {
     }
     modelSelect.innerHTML = "";
     availableModelsById = new Map(models.map((model) => [String(model.model || model.name || ""), model]));
-    const preferredModelId = "mistral:latest";
+    const preferredModelId = "qwen3:14b";
     const preferredIndex = models.findIndex((model) => (model.model || model.name) === preferredModelId);
     models.forEach((model, index) => {
         const modelId = String(model.model || model.name || "");
diff --git a/src/routes/chats.js b/src/routes/chats.js
index 6b216f7..863cd21 100644
--- a/src/routes/chats.js
+++ b/src/routes/chats.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const sendMessageValidator = (body) => {
     if (!chatId) return {error: "chatId is required"};
     if (!message) return {error: "message is required"};
     if (body.webSearch !== undefined && typeof body.webSearch !== "boolean") return {error: "webSearch must be a boolean"};
-    return {value: {message, chatId, model: String(body?.model || "mistral:latest"), webSearch: body.webSearch === true}};
+    return {value: {message, chatId, model: String(body?.model || "qwen3:14b"), webSearch: body.webSearch === true}};
 };
 
 const organizationValidator = (body) => ({
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ export function createChatsRouter({repositories, chatService, modelService, conf
             const result = await chatService.retryMessage({
                 user: req.session.user,
                 chatId,
-                selectedModel: String(req.body?.model || "mistral:latest"),
+                selectedModel: String(req.body?.model || "qwen3:14b"),
                 targetMessage,
                 retryStyle: String(req.body?.style || "").trim() || null
             });
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ export function createChatsRouter({repositories, chatService, modelService, conf
             const result = await chatService.retryMessage({
                 user: req.session.user,
                 chatId,
-                selectedModel: String(req.body?.model || "mistral:latest"),
+                selectedModel: String(req.body?.model || "qwen3:14b"),
                 targetMessage,
                 retryStyle: String(req.body?.style || "").trim() || null
             });
diff --git a/src/routes/personas.js b/src/routes/personas.js
index 81ad459..6fd3e0b 100644
--- a/src/routes/personas.js
+++ b/src/routes/personas.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const roleplayStartValidator = (body) => {
             assistantPersonaId,
             userPersonaId: body?.userPersonaId ? Number(body.userPersonaId) : null,
             scenarioPrompt: normalizeOptionalText(body?.scenarioPrompt),
-            model: String(body?.model || "mistral:latest")
+            model: String(body?.model || "qwen3:14b")
         }
     };
 };
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export function createPersonasRouter({repositories, chatService, modelService, c
         chat = repositories.getChat(chat.id, user);
         try {
             const opener = await chatService.generateRoleplayOpener({
-                selectedModel: "mistral:latest",
+                selectedModel: "qwen3:14b",
                 assistantPersona: persona,
                 userPersona,
                 scenarioPrompt,
diff --git a/src/services/chatService.js b/src/services/chatService.js
index d54caf6..6b56b80 100644
--- a/src/services/chatService.js
+++ b/src/services/chatService.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export function createChatService(repositories, modelService, config, webSearchP
     };
 
     const getGenerationSettings = (session, requestedModel) => ({
-        model: requestedModel || session.preferred_model || "mistral:latest",
+        model: requestedModel || session.preferred_model || "qwen3:14b",
         generation: {
             temperature: session.temperature ?? undefined,
             contextLength: session.context_length ?? undefined,
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export function createChatService(repositories, modelService, config, webSearchP
         return repositories.createChat(user, persona.name, persona.id, userPersonaId, scenarioPrompt, scenarioSummary);
     };
 
-    const generateRoleplayOpener = async ({selectedModel = "mistral:latest", assistantPersona, userPersona, scenarioPrompt, sceneSummary}) => {
+    const generateRoleplayOpener = async ({selectedModel = "qwen3:14b", assistantPersona, userPersona, scenarioPrompt, sceneSummary}) => {
         const baseMessages = [
             {role: "system", content: buildPersonaPrompt(assistantPersona)},
             ...(userPersona ? [{role: "system", content: buildUserPersonaPrompt(userPersona)}] : []),